Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2018

Illustrated History of the Library of Congress

A new book from Library of Congress historian John Y. Cole,
“America’s Greatest Library: An Illustrated History of the Library of
Congress,” tells the story of the nation’s oldest federal cultural
institution and how it came to be the world’s largest library.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden calls the Library “a place where
you can touch history and imagine your future,” and the story of its
creation and evolution comes alive in this rich chronology. The book is
the first authoritative history of the Library in nearly 20 years.Published on Jan. 9 by D Giles Limited in association with the
Library of Congress, “America’s Greatest Library” highlights the
personalities and events that created and sustained the institution over
its 217-year history, starting at a time when Washington had no other
libraries or cultural institutions. ... [mehr] https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/02/new-book-illustrated-history-of-the-library-of-congress/